Illustrious Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen's office.
Jing Hongchen sat frowning at his desk, a thick stack of assorted documents before him. As the hall master of Illustrious Virtue Hall, he had so much to deal with that his own research progressed slowly.
Even a Titled Douluo and Level 9 Soul Engineer could feel mentally exhausted by all those trivial matters.
At another desk nearby, a delicate-featured young man was also frowning as he examined the design drawings before him.
Behind him, five Soul Rings-two yellow, two purple, and one black-flickered as various metal materials constantly changed shape and joined together.
In his hands, the hard metals were like soft toys, transforming into suitable shapes before finally forming a Soul Tool.
He was Jing Hongchen's grandson, the Sun Moon Empire's foremost genius, Xiao Hongchen.
After a long while, the Soul Tool was completed. He placed another piece of metal on it and injected Soul Power, and the Soul Tool Machine automatically began engraving.
Xiao Hongchen's furrowed brow finally relaxed, and he smiled confidently. "Grandpa, I've replicated it."
Jing Hongchen stopped working and looked at him with a smile. "Xiao, even with the design drawings, you still needed this many days?"
"Grandpa, I didn't just replicate it. I also improved it, increasing its efficiency considerably," Xiao Hongchen said.
He looked at the drawings with some admiration and asked, "Grandpa, I feel that the emergence of this machine has extraordinary significance. Many Soul Tools are low-level, but making them demands considerable skill, and the process is extremely troublesome. Low-level Soul Engineers can't make them, while Senior Soul Engineers disdain making them."
"With this Soul Tool Machine, those problems can be solved. Take Sound Transmission Soul Tools, for example. Only a handful of people have them now, but perhaps everyone could have one in